State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Hames

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA MISSOULA DIVISION STATE FARM MUTUAL CV 20-130-M-DWM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, OPINION & ORDER Vs. TANNER HAMES, Defendant, and KYIA HENDRICKSON, Defendant-Intervenor. State Farm seeks a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend or indemnify the defendant, Tanner Hames, in an underlying state court action arising from his alleged sexual assault of the defendant-intervenor, Kyia Hendrickson. At the time of the alleged incident, Hames was covered under an auto insurance policy that excludes coverage for “an…